Alfalfa cellulose synthase gene expression under abiotic stress: A hitchhiker's guide to RT-qPCR normalization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Guerriero, Gea ^a   Legay, Sylvain ^a   Hausman, Jean Francois ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INORGANIC SALT;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL WALL; CELLULAR STRESS SIGNAL; CESA1 GENE; CESA3 GENE; CESA4 GENE; CESA6 B GENE; CESA6 C GENE; CESA6 F GENE; CESA7 A GENE; CESA7 B GENE; CESA8 GENE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC STABILITY; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALT STRESS; COLD; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM;

COLD TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SALTS;

EID: 84905488020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103808     Document Type: Article

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